Guinness World Records 2018

Monster Trucks

FIRST MONSTER

TRUCK TO JUMP

OVER A BOEING 727

In 1999, the USA’s

Dan Runte jumped

over a Boeing

727 aeroplane in

Bigfoot 14 , covering

a distance of 62 m

(203 ft) – around

three times the

length of a bowling

lane. The record-

breaking leap took

place in Smyrna,

Tennessee, USA.

These outsized mechanical monsters typically weigh around 10,000 lb (4,535 kg)

and are around 12 ft wide, 12 ft tall and 20 ft long (3.6 x 3.6 x 6 m).

Forklift truck:

FLT 90–2400

Production

pick-up truck:

7300 CXT

Monster truck:

Bigfoot 5

Semi truck:

Tractomas TR 10 x 10 D100

Dump truck (two-axle):

BelAZ 75710

Manufactured by Nicolas

Industrie SAS (FRA), this

truck has a total weight of

71 tonnes (156,528 lb) and

was launched in France

on 28 Oct 2005

Made by BelAZ (BLR), this

truck has a rated payload

capacity of 450 tonnes

(992,080 lb)

Kalmar LMV (SWE) made

three super-sized forklifts,

each weighing 116,500 kg

(256,838 lb) and measuring

54 ft 5 in (16.6 m) long –

including forks – and 15 ft

10 in (4.85 m) wide

Made by the International

Truck & Engine Corporation

(USA), this truck weighs

14,500 lb (6,577 kg). It is 21 ft

6 in (6.55 m) long and 9 ft

(2.74 m) high

(See opposite, top right)

Created by Bob Chandler

(USA), this behemoth stands

15 ft 6 in (4.7 m) tall and

weighs 17,236 kg (38,000 lb)

LARGEST...

FIRST FEMALE MONSTER JAM DRIVER

Debrah Miceli, from Florida, USA, became the first ever female

driver in a Monster Jam competition in 1999. The name of her

truck is Madusa, a moniker that doubles as one of Debrah’s

nicknames. She’s also known as the “Queen of Carnage”.

Five years later, Debrah became the first female

Monster Jam World Finals champion. She shared

in a three-way tie for the Freestyle contest held

in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, in Mar 2004.

First monster truck

Bigfoot #1, a modified Ford F-250 pick-up truck

standing on 48-in-tall (1.21-m) tyres, was built

by Bob Chandler in St Louis, Missouri, USA, in

the mid-1970s. Bigfoot made its initial public

appearance in 1979, introducing the concept

of the “monster truck” for the first time.

First monster truck backflip

in a scored competition

Cam McQueen (CAN) successfully performed

a reverse flip at the Jacksonville Monster Jam

in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, on 27 Feb 2010.

Monster Jam is a live motorsport event tour

series whose season runs from January to

March. It is sanctioned by the United States Hot

Rod Association, with the Monster Jam World

Finals held each year in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Champions have been crowned in the “Racing”

and “Freestyle” disciplines each year since 2000.

Fastest speed for a monster truck

Driving the Ram Truck-sponsored Raminator, the

USA’s Mark Hall reached a speed of 159.49 km/h

(99.1 mph) – about 1.5 times the maximum speed

of a cheetah, the fastest land mammal – on

15 Dec 2014. The feat took place at the Circuit

of the Americas in Austin, Texas, USA.

Fastest quarter-mile

in a monster truck

On 17 Mar 2012, Randy Moore of Tennessee, USA,

covered a quarter mile (402 m) from a standing

start in 13.175 sec in War Wizard. His top speed

was 96.8 mph (155.8 km/h). The venue was the

zMAX Dragway in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

Longest time between winning

the Monster Jam World Finals

Freestyle Championship

In 2003, Jim Koehler (USA) won the

Monster Jam World Finals freestyle title

in Avenger. Eight years later, in 2011, he

repeated the feat. Koehler’s achievement

was then equalled by Adam Anderson (USA,

b. 5 Dec 1985), driving Taz in 2008 and

Grave Digger in 2 016.

Anderson’s 2008 victory also saw

him become the youngest driver to

win a Monster Jam World Finals

Championship, aged just 22.

Longest ramp jump

in a monster truck

Joe Sylvester (USA)

jumped a distance

of 72.42 m (237 ft

7 in) in the 10,000-lb

(4,535-kg) Bad Habit

in Columbus, Pennsylvania, USA, on 1 Sep 2013.

When Sylvester hit the ramp, he was travelling

at around 85 mph (136.7 km/h). “The level of

risk is about as high as you can go in a monster

truck,” he admitted candidly afterwards. “If you

crash at that speed and from that height it’s

pretty devastating.”

Longest monster truck jump in reverse

Black Stallion, driven by Michael Vaters

of Hagerstown, Maryland, USA, jumped a

distance of 70 ft (21.3 m) – the length of two

London buses – in reverse gear in Indianapolis,

Indiana, USA, in 2002.

Most monster trucks jumped

in a monster truck

Tom Meents (USA) leaped over six Monster Jam

monster trucks in Maximum Destruction at the

MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey,

USA, on 23 Apr 2016.

Most cans crushed with

a vehicle in three minutes

Ian Batey (UK) flattened 61,106 cans in a

20,000-lb (9,071-kg) monster truck for Burn

Energy Drink (UAE) in 3 min at the Jumeirah

Beach Residence in Dubai, UAE, on 6 Mar 2010.

MOST WINS OF THE...

Monster Jam World Finals

Tom Meents (USA), who currently drives

Maximum Destruction, has won a total of

11 Monster Jam World Finals (in Racing

and Freestyle) since records began in 1999.

Monster truck national championships

As of the end of 2016, Mark Hall (USA) had

won 25 national monster truck competitions

• more than any other driver. His wins
  comprise 12 monster truck thunder drags,
  six nationals racing, five nationals freestyle
  and two monster truck nationals.

Monster Jam freestyle stadium event

consecutively in one season

Behind the wheel of Team Hot Wheels Firestorm,

Scott Buetow (USA) completed six straight

freestyle stadium wins after his victory in the

event in Melbourne, Australia, on 8 Oct 2016.

Miceli took the

nickname “Madusa”

when she was a

professional wrestler

(she once held the World

Wrestling Federation title,

fighting under the name

Alundra Blayze). It’s

short for “Made in

the US A”.

Q: On average, how many

cars are crushed at

Monster Jam each year?

A: 3,000

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